Home networks offer and Electronic Communications Services for People with Collective Commercial Registry Pending

The beginning of electronic communications networks and electronic communications services pursuant to Law 5/2004 of 10 February, is subject to the procedures to be followed by interested approved by the National Communications Authority (ICP-ANACOM).

Legal persons registered wishing to provide networks or electronic communications services must submit to ANACOM a communication model for general authorization and the corresponding form, with a brief description of the network or service they wish to start, the date scheduled for the beginning activity as well as the names of other elements required by the regulator.

ICP-ANACOM shall, within five working days of receipt of the offer early communication, the statement referred to in paragraph 5 of Article 21 of Law No. 5/2004 of 10 February, confirming the receipt of the communication of networks offering pretense or electronic communications services and describes the rights of access and interconnection and resource installation. The applicant is requested to send the proof of ICP-ANACOM the final registration in the Commercial Register as soon as available.

If the presentation of documents on paper does not occur within 48 hours of its posting by email, the time limit within which the declaration is counted from the date of actual receipt of the documentation in ICP-ANACOM services.

The declaration will only be issued by ANACOM after receipt of all the issues mentioned in the previous paragraphs.

Under the new legal framework for electronic communications - Law 5/2004 of 10 February, electronic communications networks and electronic communications services is subject to the general authorization regime, which is in compliance with the rules provided for herein and the regulations adopted in implementation thereof, may not be dependent on any prior decision or act of the regulator, subject to the limitations resulting from the allocation of frequency usage rights and numbers.

The National Communications Authority (ICP-ANACOM) defined the applicable procedures and the communication model and the associated form, to be submitted to ICP-ANACOM prior to the commencement of activity. ICP-ANACOM, verified compliance with the relevant procedures, issuing a statement which discriminates against the rights of the entity.